Soft collar



June 22 1926. 1,589,846

J. M. GREENBERG SOFT COLLAR Filed Dec. 12, 1925 gnuenf o1,

Patented Julie 22, 1926.

1,589,846 PATENT OFFICE.

JACOB M. GBEENBERG, OF NEW YORK, N, Y.

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Application filed December .12, 1925; Serial No. 74,987.

This invention relates to turn-down soft .collars and has for its main object the provision in such collars of means for preventing them from wrinkling, bulging, and otherwise presenting an unsightly appearance. On the other hand, this invention contemplates a collar that has all the attributes and advantages of the usual soft collar with the disadvantages thereof eliminated.

Heretoforeit has been proposed-to stiffen I soft collars in various ways.- Hair cloth has been used in soft collars but has not been satisfactory because of the characteristics of the hair cloth. Such cloth is made of a yarn warp and strands of horse-hair as the weft. The horse-hairs are of limited length, are. brittle and break easily particularly when thearticle is washed. Attempts have been made to prevent the horse hairs from penetrating throu h the collar'in order to prevent the hairs the neck of the person wearing the collar, but while such attempts might havesucceeded in producing a collar that could be worn with some degree of comfort before the'collar is washed, such hairs inevitably break through the collar fabric and cause irritation and annoyance. Other means have been provided as a stiffening element for collars, but

such means have not been successful and have resulted in altering the desirable characteristics of the soft collar. Linings suchas are used for stiffening garments, for ex. ample, have been used for stiffening soft collars, but such linings increase the weight of the collar, make the collar stiff longitudinally as well as transverselfy and prevent thecollar from shaping itsel properly to the neck of-the wearer. The collars thus stiffened become unsuitable for use as soft collars and lose most of the attributes of soft collars.

A'feature of the present-invention is the I provision of an inter-lininthat prevents the soft collar from wrinkling, bulging, or-

otherwise losing its shape, but all the attributes of a true soft. collar are retained. The

inter-lining is a woven fabric made of spun yarn in both the warp and the weft. The

warp may be of any suitable yarn, prefermohair that is usually spun from goat hairs,

"' although other short. animal hairs of the from irritating nally but permits the collar to conform to the neck of the wearer in the manner of a true soft collar. The spun mohairthreads constituting the weft of the inter-lining being disposed transversely do not affect the 'collar in a longitudinal direction but act in a s ring-like manner to straighten the material of the collar in a transverse direction.

It will 'beunderstood that mohair threads are soft light and springy and are spun to any desired length. 1 1

The preferred embodiments of the invention are illustrated by the accompanying drawings in connection with the followin description thereof. Referring to the drawin s Fig. 1 is aside view 0 a representative collar having the invention'embodied therethe collar with sections'of the cloth "layer broken to expose the interior;

Fig. 3 is a section on the line 3-3 of Fig. 2 but on a larger scale;

Fig. 2 is a plan. view (if the inside of eu Fig. 4. is a detail plan view of a modi- 9o fication with sections of the cloth layer broken to expose the interior;

Fig. 5 is a sectional view on the line 5-5 of Fig. 4, on a larger scale.

- Referring to the drawings in detail, the a I reference character 10 designates the collar generally. This collar comprises the' usua respectively. The ban inner cloth. 'iece 13 turned inwardly atthe end 13, an the outer cloth piece 14.like-' wise turned inwardly at the ends 14. The collar portion similarly includes-inner and outer cloth pieces 15 and 16 inturned at the lower ends'15 andlG, respectively. The

'upperends of the pieces 15 and 16 are in- "ably cotton. The weft is what is known as serted between the inturned ends 13 and 14".

The inter-lining 17 having mohair threads is inserted between cloth pieces 15 and 16 of-the collar portion 1'2.and. extends over the turn edge of the collarinto the; band portion thereof and is-inserted between the cloth 1 band and collar. ortions 11 and 12,

portion comprises pieces 13 and 14-. Lines of stitching 18 secure the collar portion 12, the band portion 11, and the mohair interlining 17 together with a single operation and as a unit. It will be seen that no stitching, other than that necessary to secure the band and collar portions together, is required. The lowor end of the interlining is secured to the lower end of the collar portion by the stitching incidental to the securing together of the cloth pieces 15 and 16 in the usual method of making collars of this type. The ends 13 and 14 are stitched together as at 20 by the usual lines of stitching. The interlining element 17 is made of cloth having mohair threads which are disposed preferably as the weft threads 21, the Warp threads being made of cotton, linen, and the like. The interlining cloth should preterably be of a close Weave.

Figs. 4 and 5 show a modified construction which is substantially the same as that hereinbefore described. 'However, an additional strip of the interlining 17 is dis posed with the band portion 11 and may preferably be secured therein by the stitching 18 and 20.

From the above description it will be apparent that the collar herein described is conveniently made following the usual method of soft collar making, that it is not necessary to change the structure of the collar proper. It will be further understood masses that the collars may-be made of any ma terials, silk. cotton, linen, broadcloth, etc. The soft collars made according to th1s invention do not wrinkle and are not in other respects open to the objections to soft-collars in general or to such collars having stifiening elements of various kinds.

Having thus described the invention, what li claim is:

1'. In a turn down soft collar having band and turn-down parts, the combination of inside and outside cloth and a woven interlining having spun mohair threads disposed between the cloth pieces of said turn-down part.

2. In a turn down soft collar having band and turn-down parts, the combination of inside and outside cloth pieces in each part and awoven interlining having spun mohair threads disposed between the cloth pieces of said turn-down part and extending between the cloth pieces of said band part.

3. A soft collar having inside and outside cloth pieces and a Woven interlining therebetween, said interlining comprising spun vegetable warp threads extending longitudinally oi. said cloth piece and twisted animal wei't threads extending'transversely of said cloth pieces whereby the collar is spread transversely.

in testimony whereof I hereunto affix my signature.

JACOB M. GREENBERG.

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